How to end interaction silently?

[sahilsuman933]

I have a select menu followed by a confirmation button. When I choose an option from the menu, I want to store its value in a variable. Then, when I click the confirm button, a specific action needs to be performed.

However, currently, if I don't provide any interaction response, the whole process enters a loading stage, and afterwards, I am unable to select anything. To temporarily resolve this issue, I found that using the defer method puts the interaction state into a thinking state for a few seconds, allowing me to select the confirm button and have it work correctly.

Issue: I don't want the loading state because it freezes the confirmation button for 1-2 seconds. Is there any way to prevent this?

Code:

class SubscriptionPlanMenu(discord.ui.View):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.selected_option = None

    @discord.ui.select(
        placeholder="Choose the subscription model.",
        min_values=1,
        max_values=1,
        row=0,
        options=[
            discord.SelectOption(
                label="Tier - 1",
                description="Pricing 5$"
            ),
            discord.SelectOption(
                label="Tier - 2",
                description="Pricing 10$"
            ),
            discord.SelectOption(
                label="Tier - 3",
                description="Pricing 20$"
            )
        ]
    )
    async def select_callback(self, select, interaction):
        if select.values:
            self.selected_option = select.values[0]
            await interaction.response.defer()

    @discord.ui.button(label="Confirm", row=1, style=discord.ButtonStyle.primary)
    async def confirm_callback(self, button, interaction):
        if self.selected_option is not None:
            await interaction.response.send_message(f"Confirmed! You selected: {self.selected_option}")
        else:
            await interaction.response.send_message("No option selected!")

Issue Screenshot:

[Lulalaby]

defer is not for silencing
u can use updatemessage instead (again, not the defer one)

but in normal cases u should give the user feedback

[JustaSqu1d]

There are a few ways to silently ignore a component interaction, such as using interaction.response.edit_message(view=self). However, it is also good practice to acknowledge that the user has indeed selected an option.

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